Aviva are currently recruiting for a Business Analyst within their business change and IT function!

This is a fantastic opportunity for an individual with strong core BA skills to join us working on a range of change and technology projects which are critical to the business.

The role requires a good communicator with the ability to work independently with excellent working flexibility provided.

Responsibilities of the role are

• Shape and develop project and programme business cases, business value, benefits realisation in an innovative and cost-effective way

• Support or manage service and product selection processes in line with the defined business need

• Engage core business units (incl. sponsor, business representatives, programme & project managers) to drive awareness and agreements

• Identify and manage internal and external dependencies, affecting solution design / implementation

• Identify and highlight business risks and issues within scope and propose escalation and resolution actions

• Ensure that issues and actions associated to controls / risks are remediated in a timely manner

• Building and maintaining effective relationships internally and externally

Skills and experience required

• Proven ability to deliver business solutions for strategic projects and programmes, balancing cost, quality and time

• Understands industry best practice and standards and applies the right tools and methodologies at the right time

• Ideally accreditation in a relevant Business Analysis qualification

• Strong commercial competence, able to find and develop cost effective solutions that meet or exceed business needs

We are keen to speak to candidates from both an insurance or financial services background or indeed from different industries it's the core business analyst skills which are sought after here!

The successful applicant will be working across general insurance projects, wider organisational change and new IT systems.

What you will get

• Salary of £24,000 to £50,000 depending on skills, experience and accreditations

• Generous defined contribution pension scheme

• Annual performance related bonus and pay review

• Holiday allowance of 29 days plus bank holidays and the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days

• Up to 40% discount for some Aviva products through “My Aviva Extras” plus discounts for friends and family. (Some exclusions apply)

• Excellent range of flexible benefits to include a matching share save scheme

Working at Aviva

At Aviva, we’re people with a purpose. To be with you today, for a better tomorrow.

We bring this to life by ensuring managing risk is at the heart of the way we all work. We love people who do the right thing for our customers, and our colleagues. We want people who speak up, who take responsibility, and who make good decisions.

The way we do this is important too. We always ‘Care More’. It’s our thing. We’re all about our people – that’s you – so we can be pretty flexible. If you want to work from home some of the time or change your hours so you can pick up your kids or care for someone in your family, we’re very open to that. In fact, we don’t advertise roles as either part or full time, because we know each person has different needs, just as each business area has different needs. So, it’s up to you to discuss working hours during your interview.

We care deeply about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We want our employees to bring their whole self to work and that starts with you.

We interview every disabled applicant* that meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied please send us a separate email stating that you have a disclosed disability and we’ll make sure we interview you.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Ben Parker a call on 07833239394 or send an email to ben.parker@aviva.com.

*As defined in The Equality Act 2010*. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean you should provide us with evidence which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required and have the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential to perform the role.